I Became the Villain's Master - Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Kiris, who followed Ailt’s gaze, withdrew his magic.
“Though I don’t like it, I don’t want to kill her.”
However, Jenny, who had been gasping for breath, stopped breathing, perhaps because she had lost too much blood.
It was because her body could not handle the physical shock.
Kiris looked down at Jenny, who had collapsed, with disgusted eyes and said.
“Tsk. She’s dead.”
“…I didn’t think she would live long anyway.”
Ailt looked at Kiris with a nervous face. Kiris, who had kept his mouth shut, slowly turned to look at Ailt.
“It’s better to keep an eye on Rosette from now on. The Tower mages will be involved from now on.”
“What do you mean?”
Ailt’s light green eyes gleamed.
“My family is indebted to you. You found Helena, and I feel guilty that I couldn’t save her when the monster appeared.”
“…Are you defying me?”
“No matter how much you are the Tower Lord, the family always repays the favors of others. You have no right to stop that.”
“Even though you openly declared your friendship with the Magic Tower at the banquet. How presumptuous. I’ve never liked you.”
Kiris clicked his tongue and turned away.
“I don’t know who she will choose.”
With those words, Kiris disappeared. Ailt looked at the spot where he had disappeared and clenched his fists and then unclenched them.
“I won’t give up.”
Ailt felt an unfamiliar emotion for the first time.
He didn’t understand Kiris, who was trying to control him, and he blamed himself for not being as capable as him.
Feeling an indescribable heat, Ailt bit his lip.
* * *
“Miss. A letter has arrived.”
Mary handed me the letter with a bright smile. I was in the middle of mending the fabric that Celia had given me, so I stopped for a moment and took it.
“Hmm… It’s for Helena.”
I opened the letter and saw the elegant handwriting that read, Helena Kanilaen.
Recently, Helena seems to have reconciled with her family, as she has added her family name next to her own.
‘That’s a good thing.’
I was so happy that Helena had come to think well of her family through me.
It’s better to clear up misunderstandings when you can, rather than leave things unresolved.
‘Did she send the letter because of the spy?’
The thought of Jenny, who was still threatening me, sent chills down my spine.
I rubbed my arms and read the letter.
‘I guess the interrogation is over.’
It seemed that the Kanilaen family had conducted the interrogation as quickly as possible after I returned home.
According to Helena’s letter, Jenny had entered the mansion without any suspicion recently.
Therefore, Marquis Kanilaen, who judged that there would be more spies hiding, immediately began the identification process, and the Marquisate was in an uproar.
In the process, they caught a servant who worked in the kitchen.
‘A spy….’
However, the servant, who realized what was going on, failed to escape and bit his tongue and committed suicide on the spot.
‘What a shame.’
Anyway, Jenny also held out without saying anything and died from torture yesterday.
[One thing is for sure, they seem to be a highly trained force that can avoid the eyes of our family.]
I nodded at Helena’s opinion.
It meant that the force was large enough to continue to plant spies.
‘A high-ranking noble, or someone with wealth.’
The last line of the letter contained Helena’s worried words.
[…Therefore, I am sorry. Lady Rosette.]
I folded the letter carefully and placed it next to me, leaning my back against the sofa.
“There’s nothing we can do.”
It was a little disappointing, but with this, it became a fact that the force targeting me was a high-ranking noble.
Then it was the same as saying that it was dangerous to live peacefully in my own house.
The Marquis Kanilaen family offered to send me an escort, but I refused.
I don’t know how she heard about it, but Aria, who sent me the letter, also offered to send me an escort.
‘Well, I’m not that great of a person.’
In fact, the most decisive factor in my refusal was that Kiris always brought me home before I could even answer.
“So, Mistress. You couldn’t find out who was behind it?”
He had a colder expression than usual, probably because of what happened at the Magic Tower, but his affectionate tone remained the same.
“Yeah, that’s right. It’s frustrating that things keep happening and I can’t figure out what’s going on.”
“There is a way, Mistress.”
“Huh?”
Kiris gently took my hand and smiled.
“I thought about it.”
Kiris lowered his voice.
“I think it would be better if Mistress came to the Magic Tower.”
…Huh?
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